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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

Mo survivors of the Greedy expedition
now six in number. General Greedy
hicf Of the Signal Service; David L.
inard is Second Lieutenant of Cavalry
Fort Walla Walla, Washington Ter
'ry; Julius r. Frederick is sick auS.
,pled st asas Tome in indianapolis /;
Henry Biederbeck is messenger in the
Agricultural Bureau at Washington
Maurice Connell is private in the Signal
Corps at San Francisco, and Francis
Larg is sergeant in the Signal Corps at
New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

Money is now abundant for speculation
In railways and lands, but the supply
must gradually diminish under the pres
ent prodigality. When the pinch and
ramp come, as they most assuredly will,
hen look out for the crash. The vast
sal estate spoculations of 1886 were the
aise Of tho smashup of 1887. Like
. the breakdown of 1857 was caused
the wild real estate speculation of
8 and 1856. In many cities and many
lions the brake should be put on at
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

''Long John" Wentwort, the noted
Chicagoan-ex-C Congressman and ex-
Mayof-who is erecting $50, 600 monu-
ment for himself in Rosehill Cemetery,
has decided to put no inscription on the
stone. "Everybody viii want to know
who is buried there il they see no name"
he says, s'and my memory will thus be
kept green by the curiosity of future
Qencrations,n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13
'bere has been received at the Interior

There has been received at the Interior
Department from the Philadelphia Mint,
the first of tho peace medals struck for
the use of the Indian Bureau. 1t has
been custom since Buchanan's Admin
istration to present these medals to de.
serving and faithful indians who have
aided the Government in suppressing out
breaks or by influencing their friends to
carry out the wishes of the Government
The medal is oval in shape, half an inch
in thickness, and three inches in its
longest diameter. 1t bears on one side
representation of very trustful settler
shaking hands with an Indieu, with
tomahawk and pipe crossed underneath.
The diverse side bears the bust of the
President, who is supposed to present
the medal. The medals are bronze, cost
ing the Government fifty cents apiece,
and silver costing SO apiece. The latter
are given to chiefs and head men.
Up to this time the Indian Bureau has
btCi presenting AAuidho WIN Ahcuuio
bearing President Arthur's likeness, thus
economically using up an old batch Of
medals on hand. The new ones received
from the Mint bear an excellent likeness
Of Mr.. Cleveland, whose somewhat ro-
bust neck and rounded head make him
an excellent subject for medallion work.
The view is, of course, aprofle, and his
head, Washington correspondent says,
seems to fill out the medal more symmet-
rically than that Of any other President.
Grants head upon these medals was the
next best, and President Garfeld's fol-
lows a close third President Arthur's
profile was too refined for medallion ar
tist to do it justice upon die for mint,
while Lincoln's head was the most unfit
Of all. In the latter's time ring was
passed through these medals so that they
could be suspended from the neck
late years they have been put upi
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

The King Of Corea has become tired Of
the cares Of royalty, and has sent me-
morial 70 the Chinese government asking
il 20 abolish the kingly Office and substi-
tute nor-Gcneralship in its stead.
The noble families are constantly engaged
in plots with Japanese and Chinese ad-
yenturers, and the King is said to be in
fear Of assassination. Besides this, the
country is SO poor that there is no profit
in ruling it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

Drummcrs practice q scheme to cir
cnmvent that clause Of the Interstate
law relating to charges for excess of bag
gage. When the drummer's baggage ex-
ceeds $50 pounds he buys several tickets
to his place Of destination. On these he
checks his baggage. Then he sells the
tickets he doesn't want, and of course he
is all right.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13
THE PRAlRIE FIRE.

Over the undulate prairie
rode as the day was done;
The west was aglow-but to northward
A glare like the rising sun
Seen through the eddying sea-mists,
Broke on the darkening night,
And cloud Of smoky blackness
Shut out the stars dim light
felt the sweep of the norther
But deeper, deadlier chilli,
Struck to my heart an instant
With its presage b and Ill.
Then drew the Gin, .hter
And looked to stirru d rein,
As the northern glare grew brighter
And the gusts gained strength amain.
Then, as we hurried southward
Brighter, nearer and higher
Like lambent serpents heavenward
Writhed up each flaming spiro;
Leaping across the benches
Where the grass was thin and dry,
Rolling in fiery surges
Where the reeds stood rank and high.
n Uinbiub WHhIiOA CiHucIS,
A chorus Of binding smoke,
Aroaring sea OF fire
Across the plains it brokel
From the pools the wild fowl darted
To circle the lurid sky;
From his lair the scared deer started.
And swept like a phantom by.
On, toward the distant river,
Wasted by weeks Of drouth,
Like shaft from Che sungod's quiver
We sped toward the murky south.
To halt was death; and far distant
Lay life and safety and rest;
The air grew hot and each instant
The foam fell on counter and breast.
Nearer each moment the fires swept,
Thicker the red sparks fell;
Higher the roaring flames leapt
With the blast of that fiery hell
] felt that we soon must stihe
In tho rock Of that merciless hail,
And dropped my heavy rifle
In the midst of the narrow trail.
But bravely my trusty courser
Kept on in his headlong flight
Though his labored breath grew hoarser :
Till the river CLEANED in sight,
A plunge through the thicksct border
OF withered grass and reed,
And the waters Of the river
Laved the heaving fianks of my steed.
Up TO the brink Of the river
Swept the waves of that fiery sea,
With pulses and limbs a-quiver
could neither stand nor feel
saw the flames tower heavenward
With dim eyes and failing breath;
Then ali around was darkness
A faintness and gloomliSe DEATH
When woke the flames were racing
Far westward DER bluff and hill;
My faithful steed was grazing
On the banks of our guardian rili;
And offered thanks to heaven,
Where the stars shone clear and bright
For the safety and mercy given
To US on that fearful night.
Captain c. w. Hall, in Dakota Bell
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13
AM Almost Human Appeal.

Edwin Emory, of East Baltimore, had
an experience of the sagacity of the dog
yesterday. On his way down South
Broadway a small dog ran up to him, act
in a strange manner. The little fellow
jumped on him and licked his hands and
occasionally snapped and whined.
Thinking of hydrophobia, Mr. Emory
kicked the dog. which then ran in front
of him, and posing in a begging position,
began to beat the air with his front legs.
Mr.. Emory insisted on having nothing to
do with the dog, but it repeated the act
several times. Finally, just as he was
going to knock the persistent little beg
gar with sufficient vigor to last for all
time, Mr.. Emory discovered large pin
sticking in the foot Of the dog, and,
with humane instinct, he tosk him in his
arms and pulled il out. AS soon as re-
lieved, the dog manifested his thanks by
licking Mr.. Emory's hands, and then dis
appeared as fast as he came. -BaAimOre
Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

An American who happened to see a
man murdered In Havana was detained
ten months in Jail as q witness, and the
judge then decided that it was case Of
self-defense. Cuba, observes the Detroit
Free Press, is one of the places where
blind man gets along the best.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13
Spoke From Experience.

"Don't you think" observed Richie
lieu, "that it would be a source of i'm
provement TO have a friend who would
tell us of our faults, and at the same
time allow us to point out his own de-
fects p
"No, / DON'T said Araminta, de-
eidedly; ~ speak from experience, too,
for my best friend and once tried it.
"Why, what was wrong about it 2"
" Well, you see, we haven't spoken to
each other for two years l''-L)etroit
Free Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

Although o., 7,7so people die every day
on tho globe, yet there are 100, 800 born,
so thcro seems little reason to fear that
the supply Of voters for future elections
will run short
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13
WISE WORD
Wrinkles are the tor

Wrinkles are the tor
To make pleasure,
| them.
A man. is made goa
own will. m
Nothing is SO fearful - bad CON
science.
Passion is bad counselor, and gener-
ally bad speaker.
lie that has not a character is not o
man he is only a thing.
Genius follows its own path and reaches
its destination scarcely needing COM
pass.
When one has no good reason for doing
a thing, he has one reason for letting It
alone.
No man breaches his sermon well to
others if he does not first preach it to his
own heart.
The worst prison is not Of stone. 1t
is throbbing heart, outraged by an in
famous life.
Nothing is ever done beautifully ~hich
is done in rivalship, not nobly, whl q
done in pride.
A happy marriage is new beginning !,
OF Allcf Il INV otofHt'o Itt't+@e ~ AA"ffA
ness and usefulness.
What it is our duty to do we must do
because it is right, rot because anyone
can demand it of us.
He that does base thing in zeal for n
friend burns the golden thread that tics
their hearts together
Nothing has proved niefe fatal
due preparation for anoiher life thl
unhappy mistake Of the Aatnre and 9
this.
No man ever lived tight life who had
not been chastencd 81 woman's love,
strengthened by her courage, and guided
by her discretion.
Man has subdued The world, but woman
has subdued man. MInd and muscle
have won his victories love and loveli-
ness have gained her4
II is hard TO pcrsoaale and act a part
long, for when truth Is AaI q the bottom
nature will always bt eaatafuiing 10 re-
turn, and peep out ana 4tIfay itself one
time or another.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13
Nervous Iis.s1s.

'Finely-bred, intcI[.1ea| horses, So
trainer recently to 1porier for I
New York Maa and ~ ARE Of
nervous. They are 1Nck 10 no
quick to take alarm, '|lek 70 do
seems to them, in m 3eptE Of
terror, necessary 10 e tt homp
harm, from Something '''Ef % -
stand. That is wh. .E1s ths
bolt and run away |4Qif
awful sugg stions stI| nv
their minds. II na|
white paper in the
nervous horse yaN0
front of baby c4
dragon ready to de<s
on a bicycle, somt
flying devil witk,N
however, he becoIf
objects, he is ef4
them. Therefore,
at anything make
IL; let, him smell
sensitive upper
He may not leS
continue
your hoI
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

Gordon Cumming likened an African
Jungle 10 a forest Of fish hooks relieved
bv an Occasional natch of penkniyes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-07-13

lie who seems not to himself more
than he is, is mo-" lan he seems,
, 1887-08-19

Drunkenness is u vice belonging to no
nation, but of all races the Indians are the
only natural drunkards. With other peo-
pie the taste for liquor is largely an nc
quired one, but the Indian likes liquor the
first time he tastes it, and moderate drink
ers are unknown among them. With this
race intemperance takes its most repulsive
form. There is no conviviality about It,
and not much enjoyment in drinking, the
one object being to get drunk as soon as
possible, and the liquor that will most
quickly produce this result is for them the
best. No moun of civilization seems
able to eradicate or greatly modify this
vice, those brought up far from their own
race exhibiting the same insane desire for
drunken in~sensibility that the widest
plains Indian does. There is no good
natured stage of intoXication with them,
the period preceding ~insensibility being
one of bloodthirsty savagery. Whatever
may be the cure among other races, total
abstinence is, without question, the only
course for the Indian to pursue.-S. f.
Dodge in Globe-D Democrat.
, 1887-08-19
No T~hrashing Machines in India.

Needless to remark that there are no
thrashing machines in India; as among
the Jews in the days of the Old Tesla
ment, the corn Is trodden out by oxen.
This practice largely accounts for the
dirty condition in which Indian wheat
arrives in England. The method of win
moving employed in India has also the
merits Of simplicity and antiquity. Choos-
ing a windy day, the cultivator or one of
his family, or a laborer, takes a quantity
of unwinnowed corn into n basket spcci-
ally made for the purpose, and, lifting it
up, lets the corn gradually fall to the
ground, the wind blowing the chaff away.
An exactly similar method is employed in
Italy and parts of France, and perhaps is
still known in parts of England. For
cleaning the wheat before grinding the
same method is employed, another man
sometimes standing by with another
basket, tanning the wheat as it falls, in
order to more e~ffectually blow off the
dirt.-Harold Cox.
, 1887-08-19

II "A readily recall the time says
a Washington correspondent-"it is but
a few years ago-when in a stroll through
the halls and corridors of the treasury
department you would every few steps
meet a well dressed gentleman, his
thumbs in his vest arm holes, and a
cigar between his lips at an angle of
forty. five degrees. At nearly every turn
you would run against two or more ladies'
of any age from 20 to 50, their heads
close together and from the centcr of
which u constant buzz would reach you.
Stray peeps in au open doorways, too,
revealed ladies at crocheting and men
with their heels on desks, drowsily scan
ming the morning papers. But all this
has changed and where you gazed upon
a man at work in astonishment then you
gaze upon Il loafer now with awe.
But Notwithstanding all this-and you
may be sure there was a terrible hullabaloo
when these sucklinGs at the government
breast were told they had to work for
their money-Secretary Eairchild is n pop
ular man. There is a healthier atmos,
phere about the whole department, which
certainly speaks volumes for the admins,
tration Of the man who had accomplished
it The department people themselves now
realize how much better it is for them.
With it has come more respect from the
outside world, and what is more important
still, they have grown to respect themselves
and their calling. A department clerk
never realized how little he was thought
of until be was kicked out and went in
search of employment"
, 1887-08-19
Shipping Gold to Europe.

When one recalls the millions upon
millions of dollars in gold that annually
seek Europe to provide for the necessities
of our import trade, the question of how
gold is shipped to Europe becomes n
curious and interesting one. The Bank
of America is the largest single shipper
of gold abroad. Shipments are made in
stout kegs, very like the ordinary beer
key. Every one contains $50, 900 in ooin
or in bar gold. The latter is the favorite
for these shipments, since the govern
ment has permitted the sub-treasury to
exchange bar for gold coin, as coin in
81, 600, 900 shipment is liable TO a loss by
abrasion of from eight to twenty ounces,
or from S12S to $500; and the bars only
lose about three-fourths of that amount
Where coin is sent double eagles are pre-
ferred. They are put in stout canvas
bags, each bag containing 1875 double
eagles, or So, 1000, and ten bags fill each
keg.
About the only ]pracaution taken
against tampering with kegs is a treat
ment of the keg ends, technically known
as "red tapping" Four holes are bored
at equal intervals in the projecting rim
of the staves above the head. Red tape
is run through these, crossing on the
kegs head, the ends meeting at the cen
ter, where they are sealed to the head by
the hardest Of a and stamped with the
consignor's name. The average insur-
ance is about 81, 800 per 81, 900, 600.
Then there is an expense of 81 u keg for
packing and carriage aboard ship, OF 5000
for the same sum; and the inevitable loss
by abrasion, whatever it may prove to
be. There are great Wall street firms
shipping from $25, 900, 900 to $40, 900, 600
annually. Some of these have for years
insured themselves, and assert hat the
saving has been sufficient to replace a loss
of 81, 600, 900. These are large figures.
But this has become n country of large
figures and affairs.-Edgar l.. Wake
man in Globe Democrat.
, 1887-08-19

The tall and slender young woman has
found Il new and pretty way to arrange
her summer sash. The tie, the loop and
the twist are SO coQuettish that coat but
tom and canes become willingly involved
in the intricate but graceful mesh. These
sashes, OF morning jaunts and twilight
rides, are responsible for lots of late break
fasts and behind time teas. They catch in
the bushes, you know, and his fingers be-
ing all thumbs, why, of course-well, it
takes time to free the fluffy scarf. 1t is
not absolutely necessary that tall and
slender maids only should twisG the loops.
Short maids and plump maids can work
quite as effectively with the silken net
Only it happened that a long and willowy
maid put me up to this latest fashion note.
IN Francisco Report.
, 1887-08-19
The Kussian Language.

Russian, II is true, is an Indo-Euro-
pean language, yet its analogies with
other members of the same great family
of speech are SO obliterated, where not
altogether lost, as to make the students
path n veritable terra incognita-an unil-
Illuminated tract in which almost every
inch of ground has to be won by n special
effort of the intellect rather than by any
brightness of pathological memory or de-
pendenCe upon Grimm's famous law of
Consonantal interchange. 1t cannot be
denied that many foreign words have
Srept into Russian. But this does not
alter the character of the language,
which remains, in spite of a sprinkling of
foreign elements, wholly rounded off in
itself.
No less troublesome, on the other
hand, is the formation of Russian as a
spoken tongue. Credited, somewhat
loosely, with possessing all the sounds
heard in other lndO-European languages,
it has vowels and c~onsonants that are
rarely, even after years of practice, cor
rectly enunciated by foreigners. The
soft a. a peculiar liquid sound; the
letter ''shch,' expressed with a single
character; the final st" and "n"-these
are all difficulties of n formidable charac-
ter, and need mastering Mt as early n
stage in the students progress as posi-
bic. Having regard to its infections
alone, one might call Russian an ancient
tongue ~resuscitated for the use of a
people Of modern times. Every word in
the sentence must fit in, so 10 speak, with
every other; verbs must be in agreement
visible as well as ~implied-with their
~nominatives, adjectives with their nouns,
and III with almost every part of
speech. The Russian noun has three de-
clensions, each containing three sets of
forms, and no fewer than seven cases.
The verb is more formidable still.-New
York Mail and Express.
, 1887-08-19
OSCAR sELDEN's DEATH.
What an Omaha Brother Says Regard
Ing the Matter.

Charles Selden, a brother Of the man
who was killed at Manville, Wyo., a few
days since, says the Omaha Republican,
states that as yet he has received no other
information from his brother, save the
meagre intelligence of his death.
my brother, " he said, was too old a
man to have become involved in any
ordinary, low brawl. / would rather be-
lieve his death the result of bitter feeling
stirred up by rivals in business. He was
the owner of the town site of Manville,
having purchased and plated the place
about three months age.
The reason for his presence in hat
section lies in the fact that his wife's
health has been poor for some time, and
that the climate agrees with her much
better than here-her home. Oscar is
one of those men who is never content
to be in any place without making an
effort to accumulate money, consequently
his speculation in that quarter"
Had he any enemies to your knowl-
edge?"
NO; he was by nature good tempered,
but he would cherish a grudge against a
person for a life time"
Manville is about ten miles from Lusk,
to which town d. j. Selden, another
brother of the dead man, is now on his
way for the purpose of investigating the
matter.
, 1887-08-19

COLORADO doesn appear to be making
much Roadway with its nov somewhat
famous Indian war. Most of the killing
is being done on paper and the adjutant
general of the state militia is cover
ing himself with glory while writing des.
patches in the security OF the Glenwood
Springs telegraph office. As nearly as
can be judged from this distance old Col
crows only ambition is to die in peace.
He seems to have none ofthe aboriginal
as mild a hammered man as ever cut a
throat. His entire force appears to con-
sist Of not more than half a hundred men
who are perhaps less concerned with
carnage than an Unsuitable craving for an
occasional square meal. The dogs of war,
in the shape ofthe state militia, have been
turned loose and some Of them are now
alleged to be hunting the deadly Colorow
in his lair. 1t is to be sincerely hoped
that none of them will do themselves griev-
Gus bodily harm by the accidental ischaIge
of fire arms or through being thrown
from their fiery steeds. Most of the mil
itia have left sweethearts behind them,
and the news that a gallant soldier lover
had dislocated a collar bone through tang
ling his legs in his trusty sabre, would
fall upon these young females with
the force of a crushing calamity. We
have an mistaken confidence that the
boys will be careful to not expose them
selves too conspicuously to the deadly
gaze of the brutal redmen.
In any event the time has now arrived
when Colorado should either do a little
actual Indian fighting or give the over
burthened telegraph wires a respite.
, 1887-08-19

THERE Is nothing slow about the peo-
pie of Cheyenne, says the Buffalo Senh-
mel. To show the president that there is
as much public spirit there as in any
other western city, the Cheyennese are
arranging for the chief executive of the
nation to have an invitation to include
Cheyenne in his tour OF western cities in
October.
, 1887-08-19
A FACE IN THE STREET.

T. LNVf.J lily along the crowded street
Ip.shcl Ly way, e woman's awful face
Confronted me and darkened all the place
Wherein VIC walked; then faithful memory feet
Rushed back into the dusky past to meet
Great Dantc's creatures-all that direful race
OF piteous souls that traversed hell's wild space
And vainly battled with the woes that beat
Against the naked spirit. And l thought:
This woman's face to some lost soul belongs,
Escaped from It's dark prison and distraught;
And now II glIdes among the eager throngs
To clutch their souls with terror and restrain
Their feet from Turing ways that lead to pain.
George Russell Lewis.
, 1887-08-19

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